MLB will be testing an automatic balls and strikes challenge system this spring training. Here's how it works.

ABS is MLB’s name for an automated strike zone — also known as robot umps. In a full ABS game, there will be a human umpire ...

Starting Thursday at Camelback Ranch, where the Dodgers and Cubs will open Cactus League play, the ABS challenge system will ...

Each team will have two challenges per game to call into question ball or strike calls. If the challenge is upheld by the ...

An automated ball-strike challenge system is debuting in MLB's spring training this year, the latest development to come out ...

What to know about robot umpires, automated ball-strike testing, challenges at 2025 MLB spring training Cactus League, ...

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Here is what every big leaguer needs to know about ABS, according to players and managers who have experience with it in the ...

The Reds are one of a handful of teams with an automatic ball-strike system in spring training, but their manager won’t let ...

Technological advancements change all industries, and Major League Baseball is no exception. During Spring Training MLB will ...

Beginning Thursday, the automated ball and strike system will allow players to challenge umpires’ calls. If all goes well, ...

This year's MLB spring training could prove more consequential than any in years past as MLB will experiment with ABS, the ...